San Joaquin County CA Archives Obituaries.....Pecka , Evelyn Marie Leitzman  January 9, 2006
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The Tracy Press
Evelyn Marie Leitzman Pecka 

April 10, 1922 — Jan. 9, 2006

A graveside service will be Tuesday for retired bookkeeper Evelyn Marie 
Leitzman Pecka, 83, who died Monday at her Tracy home.

Born in Wallula, Wash., Mrs. Pecka was proud that she was the third generation 
of her family to be born there. After high school, she married Glenn Pecka in 
1940. She and her husband moved to Yakima Valley where they farmed until the 
late 1940s. She worked at a grocery store until she and her husband moved to 
Burbank, Wash., and her husband went to work for the government in 1951 in the 
Tri-City Area. During this time, she was a homemaker and raised three 
children. After the Korean War, the government closed the base in Pasco, 
Wash., and her husband was transferred to Tracy in 1955. Once in Tracy, she 
worked for H.J. Heinz Co., Woolworth’s variety store and Turner Hardware until 
her retirement in 1984. She decided to do volunteer work after the death of 
her husband in 1992. She volunteered at the Helping Hands store on Central 
Avenue, and also helped with Tracy Interfaith Ministries. She also played a 
major role in founding Tracy’s first Alcoholics Anonymous group. She loved to 
read and travel. She liked a good card game and taking trips to casinos. She 
found the most joy in her volunteer work and attending the First United 
Methodist Church.

Mrs. Pecka is survived by her children, Corine Goodson-Herrera, and her 
husband, Felipe, Earl Pecka, and his wife, Judy, Gary Pecka, and his wife, 
Denise, all of Tracy; grandchildren, Debra Goodson-De Aguero, Robert Goodson, 
Kimberly Pecka, Julie Pecka-Hoffman, Richard Martin, all of Tracy, Michael 
Pecka of Manteca and Timothy Pecka of Monterey; 24 great-grandchildren; a 
great-great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Glenn Pecka; parents, 
Earl Barker and Evangeline Leitzman; sisters, Pauline Campbell, Dorothy 
Michelson and Elaine Farmer; and a great-grandson, Earl Charles Pecka.

Tuesday’s graveside services will begin at 1 p.m. at Tracy Cemetery. 
Visitation will be observed from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday at Fry Memorial 
Chapel, 550 S. Central Ave. 

Published on Friday, January 13, 2006, in the Tracy Press. 


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